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30 Dollars Hermit of the sea
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Gold foil non-circulating note issued to commemorate Antiguan independence in November 1981, with an embossed central vignette of a coastal landscape rendered in relief against a dark background. The national arms appear in an oval medallion at the left border, while a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is set within a matching oval at the right; floral and foliate corner ornaments frame the composition throughout. The denomination "THIRTY DOLLARS" is inscribed in a cartouche along the lower border, flanked by guilloche rosettes, with the Minister of Finance signature line printed below the central scene. |
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| Obverse lettering | 30 GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 30 INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 1981 Minister of Finance 30 THIRTY DOLLARS 30 |
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Antigua & Barbuda gained full independence from Britain on 1 November 1981, and this gold foil piece was struck to mark that occasion — one of several non-circulating legal tender issues the newly independent government produced for the collector market. The "Hermit of the Sea" designation refers to the hermit crab, the national symbol, lending the issue a degree of local identity that distinguishes it from the generic commemorative output common among small Caribbean states in this period.
Gold foil notes of this type were produced by specialist security printers working the commemorative trade in the early 1980s. They never circulated.